Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage Argumet

[Anima]

If I might paraphrase your very statement:

Oh no, some fucking gays might lose their business. Serves them right for being gay.

Newsflash:  It's not persecution to not want to do business with someone or hire someone because they want an asshole.

I get that you're a bigot, and are really upset that you're on the wrong side of history (as bigots always are), but it's definitely persecution to refuse to hire someone on the basis of their preferred gender.  That's pretty much textbook definition of persecution.

You can't refuse to hire someone just because they're black.  You can refuse to hire someone because they're a member of the KKK.  You can't refuse to hire someone just because they're gay.  You can refuse to hire someone because they're a shithead who thinks gay people are icky (or possibly are worried cocks are secretly delicious)

So I have heard for many pages now. You may as well save your breath (or in this case your time) because ad hominem is not going to work on me.

Now I am interested to hear this out. If it is not persecution to not do business with or hire an asshole than why is it persecution to not hire someone for their orientation? I imagine you will say because the asshole can stop being an asshole. Do we really believe that? Admittedly you can try to make the asshole stop being an asshole by hurting them, but then does that not imply that their assholeness is ingrained? Most likely they will not stop being an asshole though they will pretend they are not one.

May the same be said for he who is wanting of asshole. We can try to get them to stop wanting asshole by hurting them. Even if they do not stop wanting it they may pretend to not want it and we would be none the wiser as to their true desire.

So how is it not persecution to not want to business or hire someone I do not want to be in business with because I do not agree with their views on things and at the same time have it be persecution to not want to do business with or hire someone who has other views I may not agree with?

In both cases I am not doing business with someone simply because they have views I do not agree with. Both are unlikely to change those views though they may pretend to in order to get my business.